147 Annex 1 – The NPM’s response to the conclusions and recommendations of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Response of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights as National Preventive Mechanism to the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment concerning the recommendations made following its visit to Hungary from March 21 to 30, 2017 Budapest, June 2018 A. Recommendations relating to legal, institutional and structural issues Structure and independence 1. In response to the recommendation in Point 17 of the report on the visit of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (hereinafter the Subcommittee) to Hungary (CAT/OP/HUN/R.2.), I think that the effective legislative frameworks adequately ensure the basic criteria for the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights reporting to the National Assembly, in his capacity as the National Preventive Mechanism (hereinafter the NPM), to efficiently fulfil his functions296 defined in the Optional Protocol (hereinafter the OPCAT). 2. In response to the recommendation in Point 18 of the report of the Subcommittee, the NPM mapped the scope of activities that he should pursue on the basis of the OPCAT, the Paris Principles, the NPM guidelines and the Assessment Tool297 and he compared this to the NPM’s current structure and scope of activities. This mapping revealed that as part of performing the tasks of the NPM, more attention should be paid and more resources should be allocated to the training on the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. 296 297 Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment promulgated in Act CXLIII of 2011. Analytical assessment tool for national preventive mechanisms (CAT/OP/1/Rev.1.).